Martensdale High School - Martins Tale Yearbook (Martensdale, IA)

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1 5 aeeaaeaasaeeeees eseeeoeeseeeeeeeeeo ease EE I KITTENBALL TEAM 1934 N X X X X If 'C . .- 4, sc 535 :Q ac as ac ec aa sc EZ sc KC 6 9 6 STANDING: CLARKE, TILLOTSON, MONROE, MURPHY, BONSALL, SIEDEL, HAMM, STRABLE, ROSE SITTING: MARTENS. HILL, WISE, BELL. WHEELER. MGR. Kittenball, the comparatively new sport at Nlartensdale, has 2 become very popular. The M. H. S. kittenball team had a fairly good 9 season in l934, its first year, winning 7 of I3 contests and taking the if consolation gameat the -Stn Charles tournament by defeating St. Charles 7 to 6 in a thrilling I3 inning game. The record of the l934 season is as follows: if M. H. S. 11fSt. Marys 1 M. H. S. 3-Spring Hill 6 if H. H S. 7-Patterson 13 M. H. S. 2-Spring Hill 6 I M. H S. 4-St. Charles 8 St' C k, T t M. H s. eMPaceers0n 7 H 'wif 'wmwmm 3 M. H. s. irfst. Charles 2 M- - S- 3' ew 2 Q., M. H s. 12WN0rwa1k 4 M' H- S' 4'-SU MHWS 11, X M. H S. 12-St. Marys 9 M. H. s. 7--St. Charles 6 5: M. H. S. 21-Norwalk 1 'Consolation final. ff This year's team has had a very good record to date, winning three and losing jg: one high school contest last fall and winning two of three games played this spring. gg The record is as follows: 5: FALL SPRING X M. H. S. 7ASt. Marys 4 M. H. S. 6-S ' M 0 as M. H. s. 8-Norwalk 3 t am gg M. H. S. 4-Alumni 6 M. H. S. 9-St. Charles 7 M. H. S. 5-St. Charles 11 M. H. S. 3 Spring Hill 4 K9 inningsj 12 M. H. S. 8-Patterson 7 52 The boys' second kittenball team has played several games since the game was 5: inaugurated into M. H. S. The team is greatly improved over last fall and from the 94 material showing in these games the first squad should be very strong in the future. if 'I Their record is: 2 M. H. S. 5-Cumming 8 M. H. S. 13-Cumming 6' 1, M. H. S. 8fCumming 14 H. S. 6AChurchville 4' 'I 'X pring. fg The girls have also started playing kittenball. They have played one game ge to date winning from Cumming 13 to 6. 5 Batting averages for the 1934 season were: 11 AB. H Pct. AB. H. Pct. fl Hamm .............................. 44 .431 Clarke ........ .... 5 0 16 .320 Q Hill ........ .... 5 2 .423 D. Wise ..... 24 7 .291 k Strable ...... ..... 3 3 .393 Siedel ........ ..... 3 1 9 .290 3 Lee ........ ..... 8 .373 Tillotson .... 25 7 .280 Bell ........ ..... 1 4 .357 Rose .......... ..... 3 7 9 .243 5 Monroe ................... ..... 3 0 .333 Bonsall ............... ...... ......... -I 9 10 Murphy .................... ..... 4 3 .325 Martens ............................ 2 2 . 6 6 6966666666666 666666666 Page Twenty-one

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66 6666666666666666666g 3 1 BOYS BASKETBALL f- - - - 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 E9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 GB MILLER, CELLAN, SIEDEL, MURPHY, FRAZIER. MARTENS, HAMM, MEADE, 6 99 MONROE, C. WALKER, BELL, WISE AND J. WALKER 2 3 2 ac RECORD 3 sc SC M. H. S. 197I.a8C0I'lZ. 17 M. H. S. 12-Patterson 25 Q9 X M. H. S. 24 St. Marys 26 M. H. S. 234--St. Marys 40 3 3 M. H. S. 36--Spring Hill 38 M. H. S. 24-New Virginia 36 x M. H. S. 17-Patterson 23 Coumu TmM.,nmm,nt 3 ,Q M. H. S. 20- Milo A . QB X M. H. S. 20-New Virginia 19 M' H' IPCHHISIQ 2? gg gc M- H- S. 16WLac0na 18 M. H. S. 10 Norwalk Z9 gg M. H. S. 19 Spring Hill 51 Srctional 'I'mu'namc'nt 3 X M. H. S. 14f-Norwalk 38 M. H. S. 21f -Norwalk 30 Q sc :C 3 The boys' basketball team had a very unsuccessful season this X - - . 6 ,C year. They managed to win only t-wo games, 'but, they lost four or 6, ac five heart-breakm ames bv the thinnest margin. In these the won 6 . . ,g 3 . - . . 5:2 moral victories tor which they received no credit. 65 35 The team was made up almost entirely of new men with Hamm gg the only letterman back from the 1933-1934 season, :Q Next year's team should be much stronger and more experienced, 6 jf as'they will have five lettermen on hand. The men are Monroe, Martens, 3 gg Wise, Murphy and Frazier, around whom may be built a strong team. ga 24 lhree lettermen will be lost, llamm and Meade through graduation, and QQ C. Walker, who has moved to Beech. :C 6 3 SECOND TEAM 3 X .. 6 :Q lhe Seconds had a good though short season. Many of.them 6 Z saw service in first team games when it became evident that a winning 3 ,Q combination couldlnot be developed this year. ln the Norwalk tourna- gg :C ment, in whlchneighth grade boys might be used, llutchison, eighth 6 3 grader, looked .like ha coming star. He and Wise led the team to a Q9 gg tourney championship. as :Ae RECORD X M. H. S. 15MCumming 7 Norwalk Tourmlmcnt ac gg M. H. S. 21vSt. Marys 25 M. H. S. 22-Cumming 9 gg M. H. S. 18ANorwalk 16 lFinalSJ 2 ft a 666 66666 666666666 Page Twenty

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 BACK ROW: HUSS, STRAHAN, WEST, SMITH, CROW, MR. CASEY, COACH gg FRONT ROW: HOWELL, DUFF, BURRUS. A. WISE. WEAVER, BROWNLIE, gg M. WISE. MONROE X NOT IN PICTURE: ZORA R. FRAZIER 3 RECORD X X gg M. H. S. 28--Lacuna 9 M. H. S. 26 - Patterson 27 3 M. H. S. 18f-Maxwell 24 M. H. S. 2OfffNorwalk 27 2 M. H. S. 2O-- Spring Hill 28 County T0m.namc,m 54 M. H. S. 32-Patterson 21 . , 7: ' M. H. S. 42 Becch 18 as M. H. S. 34--Milo Z4 M. H. S. 33YYMilO 17 X M. H. S. 14- New Virginia 15 . . M ,- r . ,, X M H M. H. S. Z1 Spring, Hill -4 . . S. 24--Lacona 11 x . Sertfofnal To'urnamr1Lt gg M. H. S. 25-Spring Hill 32 X n X M. H. s. 24-Norwalk 29 M' H' 5' 1 DCS0t0 20 X X gg The girls' team also had an unsuccessful season, winning: six of sixteen games. x They lost three names by one point and two others by three points. With a few X breaks these might have been added to the victory column. The team was runner- x up IH the county tournament and might have won with an equal division of izood and ,C had luck. They outscored Spring' Hill from the Hoor but couildn't deliver on their free gg throws. Several close in shots also popped out of the hoop. X X Four veterans were on hand but they had not teamed tom-ther and that fact X together with the change in the rules of play seemed to hamper the group. Margaret 59 Wise and Jo Monroe divided most of the scoring duties with 177 and 173 points is respectively. Pauline Duff, Adelaide Wise and Zora Rose Frazier also saw service X at forward. . Ruth Howell, Frances' Burrus. Pauline Duff, Marjorie Weaver and Reba Brownlie did the bulk of the guarding. Of this squad only M. Wise and F. X . X Burrus will be lost by graduation. X ,. . . 54 With six letter-winners on hand for next year, prospects look good if only gg another forward can be developed. Lack of size which handicapped the girls this gg tylear may also be overcome if some of the promising younger players grow during X e summer. X 6 666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 Page Twenty-two 2 3 6 2 6 2 2 2 6 2 2 3 E 66 666666666 66 66 66666666666666666666666666666666 666666666